Bus processing is a great way to immediately lift any group of instruments, giving them more presence, clarity and punch. In this tutorial I’ll show you how a simple chain of processors can help to enhance even the most basic drum mix. We’ll cover buss compression, corrective and creative equalisation, saturation, transient design and finally limiting. This […]
What are the best Audiotuts tutorials ever published? Which posts do readers go back to time after time, even years after they were written? Which questions and topics do audio guys and girls keep searching about? We’ll tell you. Here are the 10 most popular Audiotuts+ posts of all time. These posts are the actual ten most-visited sites as reported by […]
Consider this your challenge for today. Take a song that you just recorded, or have been working on and mix it in 15 minutes. Shut off everything, pull the faders up and follow the following tutorial. Use a stopwatch to keep track of time and when you should be switching tasks. If you don’t have any sessions to try, you can use any of these 50 differen […]
Each week we open our mic to readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodwork and tell us your thoughts and opinion, your experiences and mistakes, what you love and what you hate. We want to hear from you, and here’s your chance. Do you prefer your keyboard weighted or unweighted? Why? Or can you get away with a mini keyboard, an on-screen keyboard, or […]
In this week’s Audio Premium content, Mo Volans teaches you how to use Reason to create a really useable Dubstep style custom synth patch. To learn more about what you get as part of Audio Premium, read this. To take a peek inside this tutorial, hit the jump! Dubstep style synth patches really rely on a few things to make them interesting – modulation […]
Delay is one of the most important effects. This post is a clear explanation and helpful overview of the topic from Mark Garrison’s book Encyclopedia of Home Recording. “The Encyclopedia of Home Recording puts those answers at your fingertips quickly and easily by explaining the tools, techniques, and terminology of the home studio in an easy-to- […]
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Recording Your First Song (Basix Series)We’re going to look at some techniques you can use to add interest and variety to your track, and tidy up the rough edges. With all of the following techniques, it’s impractical to show you precise instructions on how to achieve each technique in your DAW, but all are […]
In this week’s Audio Premium content, Mike Elliott shows you how to end up with the best snare sound you can. How? By starting with the best snare sound you can. This tut is very detailed, and full of useful tips and tricks from someone who knows drums very well. To learn more about what you get as part of Audio Premium, read this. To take a peek insid […]
Each week we open our mic to readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodwork and tell us your thoughts and opinion, your experiences and mistakes, what you love and what you hate. We want to hear from you, and here’s your chance. Most beginners don’t own a decent set of accurate speakers. Well, maybe they have a good stereo, or reasonable multi-m […]